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• Fatty acid derivatives bearing hydrophilic functional groups are widely used as surfactants.
• An important class of such surfactants are nonionic amphiphiles, which are widely used as emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, metalworking coolants, as lubricity additives in the mineral oil industry, as well as raw materials for the production of detergents, cleaning concentrates, detergents, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals ,
• fatty acid derivatives which carry at least one alkyl radical linked via an amide group, which in turn is substituted by at least one hydrophilic character-imparting hydroxyl group.
• This can also be further derivatized before the actual use, for example by reaction with alkylene oxides such as ethylene, propylene or butylene oxide or by oxidation with suitable oxidizing agents.
• alkylene oxides such as ethylene, propylene or butylene oxide
• suitable oxidizing agents such as amides have a high relative to corresponding esters hydrolysis stability.
• hydroxyl-bearing fatty acid amides To meet the growing demand for existing and new applications, various methods have been developed for the production of hydroxyl-bearing fatty acid amides. In the production of such amides, it has hitherto been dependent on cost-intensive and / or lengthy production processes in order to achieve a commercially interesting yield.
• the customary preparation processes require activated carboxylic acid derivatives, such as, for example, acid anhydrides, acid halides, such as acid chlorides or esters, which are reacted with hydroxyl-bearing amines, hereinafter referred to as alkanolamines, or in situ activation of the reactants by the use of coupling reagents, such as N, for example. -dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.
• alkanolamine esters have other properties such as significantly lower hydrolytic stability, they are by-produced in most
• ester amides in which both the amino and hydroxyl groups are acylated lead to undesirable clouding in surfactant solutions.
• the ester fraction can at least partially be converted into amides by thermal treatment, the color and odor of the alkanolamides thus produced are very often impaired because of the long reaction times required for this purpose.
• a separation of the ester components as well as the Esteramidanmaschine is due to the usually very similar physical properties difficult or impossible.
• undesirable side reactions for example, a decarboxylation of the carboxylic acid and oxidation as well as
• Elimination reactions of the amino group observed during the long heating required to achieve high conversions lead to colored by-products and it is not possible, in particular for cosmetic applications, to produce desired colorless products having Hazen color numbers (according to DIN / ISO 6271) of, for example, less than 250.
• the latter requires additional process steps such as bleaching, but in turn requires the addition of other auxiliaries and often to an equally undesirable impairment of the odor of the amides or leads to unwanted by-products such as peroxides and their degradation products.
• EP-A-0 884 305 discloses the amidation of 2-amino-octadecanediol-1,3 with 2-hydroxystearic acid under microwave irradiation to give ceramides in a yield of about 70%.
• the object of the present invention was to find a process for the preparation of fatty acid alkanolamides in which fatty acids and hydroxyl-bearing amines can be converted directly and in high, that is to quantitative yields to fatty acid alkanolamides. Furthermore, there are no or only minor amounts of by-products such as paraffins in particular and / or olefins incurred. Furthermore, fatty acid alkanolamides should be produced with the lowest possible intrinsic color.
• fatty acid alkanolamides can be prepared in high yields by microwave irradiation of ammonium salts derived from amines bearing at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group and fatty acids. Surprisingly, virtually no decarboxylation of the fatty acid and no appreciable ester formation occur. Furthermore, the fatty acid amides show virtually no intrinsic color.
• the invention relates to a process for the preparation of fatty acid alkanolamides by reacting at least one amine containing at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group with at least one fatty acid to the ammonium salt, and this ammonium salt is subsequently reacted further under microwave irradiation to the alkanolamide.
• fatty acid alkanolamides with a content of esters and ester amides of less than 5 mol%, can be prepared by at least one amine containing at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt is reacted, and this ammonium salt is subsequently reacted further under microwave irradiation to the fatty acid alkanolamide.
• Another object of the invention are fatty acid alkanolamides having a Hazen color number of less than 200, prepared by at least one amine containing at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group is reacted with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, and this ammonium salt below is converted further to the fatty acid alkanolamide under microwave irradiation.
• fatty acid alkanolamides which are free of halide ions and from coupling reagents byproducts can be prepared by at least one amine containing at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group is reacted with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, and this ammonium salt is subsequently reacted under microwave irradiation on to the basic amide.
• Alkanolamides are understood to mean amides which are derived from fatty acids and whose amide nitrogen atom has at least one with at least one
• Free fatty acid amides free of halide ions contain no more than the ubiquitous amounts of halide ions amounts of these ions.
• fatty acid is used herein to mean aliphatic monocarboxylic acid.
• fatty acids are preferably understood carboxylic acids which carry a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms.
• Preferred fatty acids have 4 to 50, in particular 6 to 30 and especially 8 to 24 C-atoms, such as 12 to 18 C-atoms. They can be natural or synthetic. They may carry substituents such as, for example, halogen atoms, halogenated alkyl radicals, cyano, hydroxyalkyl, methoxy, nitrile, nitro and / or sulphonic acid groups with the proviso that they are stable under the reaction conditions and do not undergo side reactions such as, for example, elimination reactions.
• the hydrocarbon radicals consist only of carbon and hydrogen.
• Particularly preferred aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals may be linear, branched or cyclic and saturated or unsaturated. If they are unsaturated, they may contain one or more, such as two, three or more double bonds. Preferably, there is no double bond in ⁇ , ß-position to the carboxyl group.
• the method according to the invention has particular for
• alkanolamides of polyunsaturated fatty acids proven because the double bonds of unsaturated fatty acids are not attacked.
• Suitable fatty acids are, for example, octane, decane, dodecane, tridecane, Tetradecane, 12-methyltridecane, pentadecane, 13-methyltetradecane, 12-methyltetradecane, hexadecane, 14-methylpentadecane, heptadecane, 15-methylhexadecane, 14-methylhexadecane, octadecane, iso-octadecane, Icosan, docosane and tetracosanoic acid and myristolein, palmitoleic, hexadecadiene, delta-9-cis-heptadecene, oil, petroselin, vaccine, linoleic, linolenic, gadolein, g
• fatty acids or fatty acid mixtures are also suitable as fatty acids or fatty acid mixtures for the process according to the invention.
• tall oil fatty acid and also resin and naphthenic acids are also suitable as fatty acids or fatty acid mixtures for the process according to the invention.
• Alkanolamines which are suitable according to the invention have at least one primary or secondary amino group, ie at least one amino group carries one or two hydrogen atoms. Furthermore, at least one alkyl radical carries at least one hydroxyl group. Preferred amines correspond to the formula
• R 1 is a radical having at least one hydroxyl-bearing hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms and R 2 is hydrogen, R 1 or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms.
• R 1 preferably carries from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, such as from 3 to 10 carbon atoms. Furthermore, R 1 is preferably a linear or branched alkyl radical. This alkyl radical may be interrupted by heteroatoms such as oxygen or nitrogen. R 1 may carry one or more, such as two, three or more hydroxyl groups. Preferably, the hydroxyl group or hydroxyl groups are each on a primary or secondary carbon atom of the hydrocarbon radical. In the event that R 2 also stands for R 1 , preference is given to amines which carry a total of at most 5 and in particular 1, 2 or 3 hydroxyl groups.
• R 1 is a group of the formula
• B is an alkylene radical having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and m is a number from 1 to 500.
• B is preferably a linear or branched alkylene radical having 2 to 5 C atoms, particularly preferably a linear or branched alkylene radical having 2 or 3 C atoms and in particular a group of the formula -CH 2 -CH 2 - and / or - CH (CHs) -CH 2 -.
• m is a number between 2 and 300 and in particular a number between 3 and 100. In a particularly preferred embodiment, m is 1 or 2.
• Alkoxy chains with m> 3 and in particular with m> 5 can be a block polymer chain which has alternating blocks of different alkoxy units, preferably ethoxy and propoxy units. It may also be a chain with a statistical sequence of the alkoxy units or a homopolymer.
• R 2 represents hydrogen, -C 3 -alkyl, C 2 - C 30 alkenyl, C 5 -C 2 cycloalkyl, C 6 -C 2 aryl, C 7 -C 3 o-aralkyl or a heteroaromatic group with 5 to 12 ring members.
• the hydrocarbon radicals may contain heteroatoms such as, for example, oxygen and nitrogen and optionally carry substituents such as, for example, halogen atoms, halogenated alkyl radicals, nitro, cyano, nitrile and / or amino groups.
• R 2 preferably represents alkyl radicals having 1 to 18 C atoms, in particular having 1 to 8 C atoms and alkenyl radicals having 2 to 18 C atoms, in particular having 2 to 8 C atoms.
• Alkyl and alkenyl radicals can be linear or branched. Suitable alkyl and alkenyl radicals are, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, hexy, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl, iso-stearyl and oleyl.
• R 2 is an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 C atoms, such as, for example, methyl or ethyl. In a particularly preferred embodiment, R 2 is hydrogen.
• R 2 is a group of the formula - (BO) m -H, in which the meanings for B and m in R 1 and R 2 are identical or different can be.
• the meanings for R 1 and R 2 are the same.
• alkanolamines are aminoethanol, 3-amino-1-propanol, isopropanolamine, N-methylaminoethanol, N-ethylaminoethanol, N-butylethanolamine, N-methylisopropanolamine, 2- (2-aminoethoxy) ethanol, 2-amino-2-methyl- 1 -propanol, 3-amino-2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol, 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1, 3-propanediol, diethanolamine, dipropanolamine, diisopropanolamine, di (diethylene glycol) amine, N- (2-aminoethyl ) ethanolamine and poly (ether) amines such as poly (ethylene glycol) amine and poly (propylene glycol) amine with in each case 4 to 50 alkylene oxide units.
• the process is particularly suitable for the preparation of lauric acid monoethanolamide, lauric acid diethanolamide,
• the alkanolamides prepared according to the invention preferably contain less, based on the totality of the fatty acids present and fatty acid derivatives as 5 mol%, especially less than 2 mol% and in particular practically no resulting from the acylation of the hydroxyl group of the alkanolamine ester or ester amides. Almost no esters and alkanolamine esters contain alkanolamides whose ester and ester amide content is less than 1 mol% and can not be detected by conventional analytical methods such as, for example, 1 H-NMR spectroscopy.
• the Hazen color number of the alkanolamides prepared according to the invention is preferably below 150 and in particular below 100.
• the total content of the alkanolamides according to the invention to esters and ester amides is preferably less than 2 mol%, for example less than 1 mol%.
• fatty acid and amine can be reacted with one another in any ratio.
• the reaction preferably takes place with molar ratios of fatty acid to amine of from 10: 1 to 1:10, preferably from 2: 1 to 1: 2, especially from 1: 1, 2 to 1.2: 1 and in particular equimolar.
• the erfmdungshacke production of the amides takes place by reaction of the fatty acid and the alkanolamine to the ammonium salt and the following Irradiation of the salt with microwaves.
• the ammonium salt is preferably generated in situ and not isolated.
• the temperature rise caused by the microwave irradiation is limited to a maximum of 300 ° C. by regulation of the microwave intensity and / or cooling of the reaction vessel.
• Proven particularly suitable to carry out the reaction at temperatures between 100 and a maximum of 250 0 C and especially between 120 and a maximum of 200 0 C., for example at temperatures between 125 and 18O 0 C. has
• the duration of the microwave irradiation depends on various factors such as the reaction volume, the geometry of the reaction space and the desired degree of conversion. Usually, the microwave irradiation is carried out for a period of less than 30 minutes, preferably between 0.01 second and 15 minutes, more preferably between 0.1 second and 10 minutes and in particular between one second and 5 minutes, for example between 5 seconds and 2 minutes .
• the intensity (power) of the microwave radiation is adjusted so that the reaction mixture reaches the desired reaction temperature in the shortest possible time. For the subsequent maintenance of the temperature, the reaction mixture can be further irradiated with reduced and / or pulsed power. To maintain the maximum temperature while maximizing
• Microwave radiation it has been proven to cool the reaction mixture, for example by means of cooling jacket, located in the reaction chamber cooling tubes, by intermittent cooling between different irradiation zones and / or by boiling cooling via external heat exchangers.
• the reaction product is cooled as soon as possible after completion of the microwave irradiation to temperatures below 120 ° C, preferably below 100 0 C and especially below 60 ° C.
• the reaction is carried out at pressures between 0.1 and 200 bar and especially between 1 bar (atmospheric pressure) and 50 bar.
• Pressures between 0.1 and 200 bar and especially between 1 bar (atmospheric pressure) and 50 bar.
• the pressure which builds up due to the heating of the reaction batch is sufficient to successfully carry out the process according to the invention.
• the method according to the invention is under atmospheric pressure, as it sets, for example, in an open vessel worked.
• an inert protective gas such as, for example, nitrogen, argon or helium.
• acidic inorganic catalysts for the purposes of the present invention are sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphonic acid, hypophosphorous acid, aluminum sulfate hydrate, alum, acidic silica gel and acidic aluminum hydroxide.
• aluminum compounds of the general formula AI (OR 5 ) 3 and titanates of the general formula Ti (OR 5 ) 4 can be used as acidic inorganic catalysts, wherein the radicals R 5 may be the same or different and are independently selected from Ci-Ci O- alkyl radicals, for example methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, sec-pentyl, neo pentyl, 1, 2-dimethylpropyl, iso-amyl, n-hexyl, sec-hexyl, n-hepty
• the radicals R 5 are in Al (OR 5 ) 3 and Ti (OR 5 ) 4 are the same and are selected from isopropyl, butyl and 2-ethylhexyl.
• Preferred acidic organometallic catalysts are selected, for example, from dialkyltinoxides (R 5 J 2 SnO, where R 5 is as defined above.)
• dialkyltinoxides R 5 J 2 SnO, where R 5 is as defined above.
• a particularly preferred representative of acidic organometallic catalysts is di-n-butyltin oxide, which may be referred to as oxo-tin or as a fascin ® brands is commercially available.
• Preferred acidic organic catalysts are acidic organic compounds with, for example, phosphate groups, sulfonic acid groups, sulfate groups or phosphonic acid groups.
• Particularly preferred sulfonic acids contain at least one sulfonic acid group and at least one saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched and / or cyclic carbon hydrogen radical having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and preferably having 3 to 24 carbon atoms.
• aromatic sulfonic acids especially alkylaromatic monosulfonic acids with one or more Ci-C2 alkyl groups B and especially those having C 3 -C 22 -alkyl are.
• Suitable examples are methanesulfonic acid, butanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, xylenesulfonic acid, 2-mesitylenesulfonic acid, 4-ethylbenzenesulfonic acid, isopropylbenzenesulfonic acid, 4-butylbenzenesulfonic acid, 4-octylbenzenesulfonic acid; Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, didodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, naphthalenesulfonic acid.
• Acidic ion exchangers can also be used as acidic organic catalysts, for example poly (styrene) sulfonic acid groups which are crosslinked with about 2 mol% of divinylbenzene.
• titanates of the general formula Ti (OR 5 ) 4 and especially titanium tetrabutylate and titanium tetraisopropylate are particularly preferred for carrying out the process according to the invention.
• acidic inorganic, organometallic or organic catalysts according to the invention 0.01 to 10% by weight, preferably 0.02 to 2 wt .-% catalyst. In a particularly preferred embodiment, working without a catalyst.
• the microwave irradiation is carried out in the presence of acidic solid catalysts.
• the solid catalyst is suspended in the optionally mixed with solvent ammonium salt or passed in continuous processes advantageously the optionally with solvent-added ammonium salt over a fixed bed catalyst and exposed to microwave radiation.
• Suitable solid catalysts are, for example, zeolites, silica gel, montmorillonite and
• Partially crosslinked polystyrenesulphonic acid which may optionally be impregnated with catalytically active metal salts.
• Suitable acidic ion exchanger based on polystyrene sulfonic acids that can be used as solid phase catalysts are for example available from the company Rohm & Haas under the trademark Amberlyst ®.
• Suitable solvents for the process according to the invention are in particular solvents having ⁇ "values below 10 such as N-methylpyrrolidone, N, N-dimethylformamide or acetone, and in particular solvents having ⁇ " values below 1.
• solvents having ⁇ "values below 1 are aromatic and / or aliphatic hydrocarbons such as toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, tetralin, hexane, cyclohexane, decane, pentadecane, decalin and commercial hydrocarbon mixtures such as gasoline fractions, kerosene, solvent naphtha, ® Shellsol AB, ® Solvesso 150 , ® Solvesso 200, ® Exxsol, ® isopar and ® Shellsol types mixtures which have ⁇ "values preferably below 10 and especially below 1 are equally preferred for carrying out the process according to the invention.
• the process according to the invention is also possible in solvents having ⁇ "values of 10 and higher, but this requires special measures for maintaining the maximum temperature and often leads to reduced yields between 2 and 95% by weight, especially between 5 and 90% by weight and in particular between 10 and 75% by weight, for example between 30 and 60% by weight
• the reaction is particularly preferably carried out solvent-free.
• the microwave irradiation is usually carried out in devices which have a reaction space made of a material which is as far as possible transparent to microwaves, into which microwave radiation generated in a microwave generator is coupled in via suitable antenna systems.
• Microwave generators such as the magnetron and the klystron are known in the art.
• Microwaves are electromagnetic waves having a wavelength between about 1 cm and 1 m and frequencies between about 300 MHz and 30 GHz. This frequency range is in principle for the inventive method suitable.
• microwave radiation with the frequencies of 915 MHz 1 2.45 GHz, 5.8 GHz or 27.12 GHz, which have been released for industrial, scientific and medical applications, is preferably used. It can be used both in mono or quasi monomode as well as in multimode.
• monomode which places high demands on the geometry and size of the apparatus and the reaction space, a very high energy density is generated by a standing wave, in particular at its maximum.
• multimode the entire reaction space is largely homogeneously irradiated, which, for example, allows larger reaction volumes.
• the microwave power to be radiated into the reaction vessel for carrying out the process according to the invention depends in particular on the geometry of the reaction space and thus the reaction volume and the duration of the required irradiation. It is usually between 100 W and several 100 kW and in particular between 200 W and 100 kW such as between 500 W and 70 kW. It can be applied at one or more points of the reactor. It can be generated by one or more microwave generators.
• the reaction can be carried out batchwise or, preferably, continuously, for example in a flow tube. It can also be carried out in semi-batch processes such as continuously operated stirred reactors or cascade reactors. In a preferred embodiment, the reaction is carried out in a closed vessel, wherein the forming condensate and optionally starting materials and, if present, solvents lead to a pressure build-up. After completion of the reaction, the pressure can be reduced by relaxation to volatilize and separate water of reaction and optionally solvent and excess reactants and / or cooling of the
• Reaction product can be used.
• the water of reaction formed after cooling and / or venting by conventional methods such as phase separation, distillation and / or Absorption separated.
• the process according to the invention can likewise be carried out successfully in an open vessel with boiling-cooling and / or removal of the water of reaction.
• the process according to the invention is carried out in a discontinuous microwave reactor.
• the microwave irradiation is carried out in a stirred vessel.
• cooling elements such as, for example, cold fingers or cooling coils or flanged to the reaction vessel reflux condenser for the evaporation of the
• the microwave is here preferably operated in multimode.
• the discontinuous embodiment of the method according to the invention allows rapid as well as slow heating rates and, in particular, holding the temperature for longer periods of time, such as several
• the reactants and, if appropriate, solvents and further auxiliaries can be initially introduced into the reaction vessel before the beginning of the microwave irradiation. In this case, they preferably have temperatures below 100 ° C., for example between 10 ° C. and 50 ° C.
• the reactants or parts thereof are supplied to the reaction vessel only during the irradiation with microwaves.
• the discontinuous microwave reactor is operated with continuous feeding of educts and simultaneous discharge of the reaction mixture in the form of a semi-batch or cascade reactor.
• the process according to the invention is carried out in a continuous microwave reactor.
• the reaction mixture is passed through a pressure-resistant reaction tube which is inert to the reactants and largely transparent to microwaves and which is installed in a microwave oven.
• This reaction tube preferably has a diameter of one millimeter to about 50 cm, especially between 1 mm and 35 cm, for example between 2 mm and 15 cm.
• Reaction tubes are understood here to be vessels whose ratio of length to Diameter greater than 5, preferably between 10 and 100,000, more preferably between 20 and 10,000 such as between 30 and 1,000.
• the reaction tube is designed in the form of a double-walled tube through its inner and outer space, the reaction mixture can be successively countercurrently, for example, to increase the temperature control and energy efficiency of the process.
• the length of the reaction tube is to be understood as the total flow through the reaction mixture route.
• the reaction tube is surrounded over its length by at least one, but preferably several such as, for example, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or more microwave radiators.
• the microwave radiation preferably takes place via the tube jacket.
• the microwave irradiation takes place by means of at least one antenna via the tube ends.
• the reaction tube is usually provided at the inlet with a metering pump and a pressure gauge and at the outlet with a pressure-holding valve and a heat exchanger.
• the educts alkanolamine and fatty acid, both of which are optionally diluted with solvent, if appropriate, are mixed only shortly before they enter the reaction tube.
• the starting materials are furthermore preferably fed to the process according to the invention in liquid form at temperatures below 100 ° C., for example between 10 ° C. and 50 ° C. For this purpose, higher melting starting materials can be used, for example in a molten state or mixed with solvents.
• length of the irradiation zone (this is understood to mean the proportion of the reaction tube in which the reaction mixture
• the continuous microwave reactor is preferably operated in monomode or quasi-monomode.
• the residence time in the reaction tube is generally less than 30 minutes, preferably between 0.01 seconds and 15 minutes, and preferably between 0.1 seconds and 5 minutes, such as between one second and 3 minutes.
• the reaction mixture can be run through the reactor several times to complete the reaction, optionally after intermediate cooling. It has proven particularly useful if the reaction product immediately after leaving the reaction tube z. B. is cooled by jacket cooling or relaxation.
• Reaction temperatures required extremely high wall temperatures for decomposition reactions and the formation of colored species.
• alkanolamides prepared via the route according to the invention accumulate in a purity which is sufficient for further use.
• they can be further purified by customary purification processes such as distillation, recrystallization, filtration or chromatographic processes.
• the basic amides prepared according to the invention are suitable, for example, as emulsifiers, in the petroleum industry as corrosion inhibitors or gas hydrate inhibitors and as lubricants in lubricating and fuel oils and in metalworking as cooling lubricants. Any existing terminal If desired, hydroxyl groups can then be further derivatized, for example by esterification, etherification and other known reactions.
• the inventive method allows a very fast and cost-effective production of fatty acid alkanolamides in high yields and with high purity.
• they have only a low content of alkanolamine esters as well as ester amides.
• Their aqueous solutions are therefore clear and, in contrast to corresponding fatty acid alkanolamides prepared by thermal condensation, have no turbidity caused by ester amides.
• the intrinsic color of the amides prepared according to the invention corresponds to Hazen color numbers (according to DIN / ISO 6271) of less than 200 and partly less than 150, for example below 100, whereas according to classical methods Hazen color numbers below 250 are not accessible without additional process steps.
• alkanolamides prepared by the process according to the invention also contain no residues of coupling reagents or their secondary products due to the process, they can be used without problems in toxicologically sensitive areas such as cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.
• the reactions under microwave irradiation were carried out in a single-mode microwave reactor of the "Discover" type from CEM at a frequency of 2.45 GHz
• the reaction vessels were cooled by means of compressed air
• the temperature was measured by an IR sensor on the bottom of the cuvette due to the pressure conditions in the reaction vessels via an IR sensor on the bottom of the cuvette by comparison experiments with a dipping into the reaction mixture
• Glass fiber optics was found that the temperature in the reaction medium in the temperature range relevant here is about 50 to 8O 0 C above the measured temperature with the IR sensor on the cuvette bottom.
• the discontinuous reactions were carried out in closed, pressure-resistant glass cuvettes with a volume of 8 ml under magnetic stirring.
• Continuous reactions were carried out in pressure-resistant, cylindrical, double-jacket-tube-shaped glass cuvettes (reaction volume 15 ml) with internal introduction tube (bottom inlet) ending above the cuvette bottom and product removal at the upper end of the cuvette.
• the pressure built up during the reaction was limited to a maximum of 20 bar via a pressure-maintaining valve and released into a receiver.
• the ammonium salt was pumped through the inlet tube into the cuvette and the residence time in the irradiation zone was adjusted by modifying the pumping capacity.
• the crude product obtained contained as main components 85%
• coconut fatty acid monoethanolamide 5.4% water and unreacted starting materials. After drying the reaction mixture over MgSO 4 , renewed irradiation with microwaves of 200 W and drying over MgSO 4 for 5 minutes, a Yield of coconut fatty acid monoethanolamide of greater than 98%.
• the coconut fatty acid monoethanolamide thus obtained contained less than 1 mol% of amino ester and ester amide. Hazen color number was 80 (undiluted molten product).
• the crude product contained 78% lauric acid diethanolamide, 4.5% water and unreacted starting materials as main component. After drying the reaction mixture over MgSO 4 , renewed irradiation with microwaves of 200 W for 5 minutes, distillative removal of water of reaction and excess diethanolamine under vacuum, a yield of lauric acid diethanolamide of more than 97% was obtained. The obtained
• Coconut fatty acid diethanolamide contained about 1 mole percent of amino ester and ester amide.
• the Hazen color number was 120 (undiluted, molten product).
• N-lauroyl-2- (2-aminoethoxy) ethanol was obtained in more than 97% yield.
• the resulting N-lauroyl-2- (2-aminoethoxy) ethanol contained less than 1 mol% of amino ester and ester amide.
• the hazen color number was 90 (undiluted product).
• Example 7 Continuous thermal reaction of lauric acid with ethanolamine (comparative example)

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